A disease pattern resulting from major depletion of fluids following high fever, excessive sweating in externally contracted febrile disease or from severe vomiting and diarrhea. Signs include thirst with desire to drink, dry throat, lips, tongue, nose, and skin, and a dry red tongue.
Medicinal therapy: Clear heat and moisten dryness; engender liquid and increase humor. Commonly used medicinals include adenophora/glehnia (Adenophorae seu Glehniae Radix, 沙参shā shēn), ophiopogon (Ophiopogonis Radix, 麦门冬mài mén dōng), Solomon’s seal (Polygonati Odorati Rhizoma, 玉竹yù zhú), scrophularia (Scrophulariae Radix, 玄参xuán shēn), dried/fresh rehmannia (Rehmanniae Radix, 生地黄shēng dì huáng), trichosanthes root (Trichosanthis Radix, 天花粉tiān huā fěn), pseudostellaria (Pseudostellariae Radix, 太子参tài zǐ shēn), and black sesame (Sesami Semen Nigrum, 黑脂麻hēi zhī má). Formulas include Humor-Increasing Decoction (增液汤zēng yè tāng), Adenophora/Glehnia and Ophiopogon Decoction (沙参麦冬汤shā shēn mài dōng tāng), and Lophatherum and Gypsum Decoction (竹叶石膏汤zhú yè shí gāo tāng).